Although avarice is the most sordid of all vices, yet it is the least scandalous.
Gulliver's Travels
Although avarice is the most sordid of all vices, yet it is the least scandalous.
Gulliver's Travels
Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
1706
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